Reviews
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Ranjana Ghatak Awakening EP Release London-born Ranjana Ghatak is a familiar name within the London music circuit. She started her training under the tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty (India) and has since then, worked with several well-known names including Nitin Sawhney, Akram Khan and recently featured on the soundtrack...Read More |
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Birju Maharaj: The Kathakar Birju Maharaj: The Kathakar Purcell Room, Southbank Centre 30 October 2011 Reviewed by Pranav Yajnik
Anyone who attended Maharaj-ji's performance yesterday might have suspected him of indulging in some 'late style'. His lines are as clear and as idiosyncratic as ever; but now in his seventies he dances with an abandon which is liberating to watch and which at the same time must have frustr...Read More |
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Icon of the Kathak World Birju Maharaj dance class
Patidar Centre, Wembley
21st October 2011
Reviewed by Sanjeevini Dutta Icon of the kathak world, Birju Maharajji has been practising and meditating on his art form since the age of five. He is now seventy-two, so the sheer passage of time combined with his immense natural ability has made him the foremost creator of kathak. How do we know this? Witness his Renaissan...Read More |
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Yamini Reddy and Amjad Ali Khan Indian Music Series Yamini Reddy and Amjad Ali Khan October brings a new season of Indian classical music to Britain, as sarod maestro, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan begins his residency at the Wigmore Hall in London. The audience were introduced to the true diversity of Indian art forms as the first concert of the series showcased the best of kuchipudi da...Read More |
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LDR Revanta Sarabhai Battersea Arts Centre, London LDR’ Choreography and direction by Revanta Sarabhai, original soundscape: Sarathy Korwar, performed by: Revanta Sarabhai & Sarathy Korwar. Love is complex, and long distance lovers must be good multi-taskers, according to Revanta Sarabhai, who presented ‘LDR’ (...Read More |
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